OUTLINE HC

The final year of school before graduation has begun - a time when everything looks the same and yet everything is about to change. For Ben, who wants to enjoy late summer with his girlfriend Clara, the mood darkens when she - much like his best friend Andreas before - withdraws more and more without explanation.

As tensions between Ben and Clara grow over the course of the school year, Andreas wrestles with his own demons. Suddenly graduation exams are at the door - along with the inevitable questions from family and friends:

• What are you doing after school?
• Where will you enroll?
• Are you moving out?
• What comes next?

Maybe the answer for Ben and his classmates is simply to slow down and take a deep breath. Outline is the impressive graphic-novel debut by creator Michele Fischels, capturing the special phase in which we gently leave childhood behind and look toward the future with uncertainty - but also anticipation.